Did The Producers And Writers Of The New Tupac Biopic Infringe On A Journalist’s Made-Up Character?

The journalist, Kevin Powell, is suing based on many similarities to his work, including that of a character who in his seris of 1990s Vibe articles was a “composite character.” In addition, he “argues that a bulk of the film appears to be based on his jailhouse interviews with [Tupac Shakur].”